After reading Elephant s Tears , why is it called Elephant s Tears .

Because the film tells the story of the male protagonist working in the circus and witnessing the circus' cruelty to animals, it is called "Elephant's Tears".

Tears of an Elephant is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christopher Waltz. The film was released on April 22, 2011 in the United States.

The story begins with a man in his 90s reminiscing about his life during the Great Depression, when he came to a second-rate circus to take on the job of doing odd jobs and taking care of animals, witnessed the circus' cruelty to animals, and unwittingly fell in love with the wife of a brutal animal trainer.

In this story, the main character is not the elephant. In those days, it was not uncommon for circus elephants to kill staff, especially a trainer suspected of abusing animals. If you call this the revenge of an elephant, you're making a fuss.

What's really interesting is the description of life in the American lower class circus. Some say that Napokov's "Lolita" brings to life the vulgar side of American society, especially the motel, and "Elephant's Tears" is no slouch in its depiction of America's lower-class circus. In order to make the details authentic and credible, the author consulted a large number of materials and visited many places.

The body of a fat woman paraded through the streets, a runaway lion broke into a hotel, an elephant stole lemonade and even killed someone, etc., all of which are documented in the history of American circus. And the recklessness of human life in the lower circuses and the famine and hardship of the Great Depression era are also quite shocking to read.

Whose tears are flying? It's the elephant's tears, and it's the tears of those readers. Although these touching tears may be just an illusion.

As ** says, in the world of circus, "everything is an illusion, and there is nothing wrong with that, everyone just comes to see the illusion". And those people at the bottom never came for the illusion of tears. No matter how poor or hungry you are, you have to have fun, this is the truth of life.

For example, ** writes about the kind of glamorous dance performances that are common in lower circuses. Where the sound and color are painted, it is very pleasant to read, and the rubber traces are very kind. It is reminiscent of China in the 1980s, where the song and dance troupes commonly known as "greenhouses" came to haunt small towns and villages.

Jia Zhangke's movie "Platform" and Wu Wenguang's documentary "Jianghu" have filmed them. At that time, these "acupuncture" gangs of Zen rulers also engaged in glamorous dances, commonly known as "dancing open". The word is catchy enough to be reminiscent of the emancipation of the mind of the 1980s.

Lin Bai's ** "All Things Bloom" describes this kind of Chinese-style dance performance. Chinese people have never liked to watch monkey tricks, so there is no circus, only conjoined people, dwarfs, giants and furry children in the "greenhouse", and of course, there are glamorous dances. In that era of material barrenness and spiritual simplicity, these were the pleasures of the Chinese people.

Can you dismiss this as boring and vulgar? I don't think so. Because it is very simple, culture promotes progress, but life allows for the world.